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| Keywords: Scythe with cloth gatherer, a cradle type made before 1802.png of Fig D4 the letters virtually appear upside down a “b “c a common scythe c d m l o f n e the gatherer; which is composed of c “d “e a thin iron plate; having a cavity at its extremity for receiving the point of the blade e d holes for sewing in the cloth which is light coarse and cheap it is likewise fixed to two thick iron wires the upper of which is continued to f where it terminates in a hole in the handle “ the other is secured to the back of the blade Detached figure The method of fixing the gatherer to such blade will be more clearly understood by referring to the small detached figure delineated in the cut above given and representing one of the irons which are secured by means of screws to the back of the scythe These irons proceed from and constitute a part of the upright irons m n I o that that serve to keep the gatherer extended Further notes This contrivance is very simple and cheap an attempt however has been made to simplify it still farther by substituting for the gatherer two iron-hoops represented in the Cut last referred to by the dotted lines marked h g k i with p a cross-piece that serves to connect them; thus saving the cloth and iron plate before described “ Experiments however have been made with both these implements; from the result of which it appears that the gatherer is upon the whole preferable to the hoops as no ears of corn are left behind; and that the latter alteration promises to be most serviceable when there is no short corn that can insinuate itself between such iron hoops The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or A Dictionary Of Facts And Useful Knowledge ¦ Volume Fourth published in London 1802; cf pages 36 “40 Scythe ; the illustration is on p 39 before 1803 author PD-old-100 The Domestic Encyclopædia Cradle scythes Agricultural machine illustrations ImageNote 2 278 2 85 67 870 1764 2 a top of the handle ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 64 1568 83 81 870 1764 2 b bottom of the handle ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 665 610 85 83 870 1764 2 c top or toe of the blade; and a cavity at the extremity of the triangle-shaped thin iron plate a reinforcing element of the gatherer for receiving the point of the blade ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 6 787 997 81 81 870 1764 2 d corner of the triangle-shaped thin iron plate a reinforcing element of the gatherer; and a hole for sewing in the cloth ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 598 887 78 83 870 1764 2 e corner of the triangle-shaped thin iron plate a reinforcing element of the gatherer; and a hole for sewing in the cloth ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 5 99 935 110 111 870 1764 2 f hole in the handle where the upper iron wire to which the cloth is fixed to terminates ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 9 177 1121 81 78 870 1764 2 g connection between the handle and one of two iron hoops tested as a substitution for the gatherer ; the hoop is marked by dotted lines and continues to point h at the blade ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 8 525 999 85 92 870 1764 2 h connection between the blade and the larger one of two iron hoops tested as a substitution for the gatherer ; the hoop is marked by dotted lines and continues to point g at the handle ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 11 159 1285 78 81 870 1764 2 i connection between the handle and the smaller one of two iron hoops tested as a substitution for the gatherer ; the hoop is marked by dotted lines and continues to point k at the blade ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 10 359 1234 81 78 870 1764 2 k connection between the blade and the smaller one of two iron hoops tested as a substitution for the gatherer ; the hoop is marked by dotted lines and continues to point i at the handle ImageNoteEnd 10 ImageNote 14 522 1663 94 92 870 1764 2 l connection between the upper iron wire and an upright iron that keeps the gatherer extended ImageNoteEnd 14 ImageNote 12 741 1402 83 85 870 1764 2 m connection between the upper iron wire and an upright iron that keeps the gatherer extended ImageNoteEnd 12 ImageNote 13 410 1147 87 97 870 1764 2 n connection between the blade and an upright iron that keeps the gatherer extended ImageNoteEnd 13 ImageNote 15 154 1402 90 113 870 1764 2 o connection between the blade and an upright iron that keeps the gatherer extended ImageNoteEnd 15 ImageNote 16 495 1432 76 83 870 1764 2 p a reinforcing cross piece for the iron hoop s ; part of the hoop variant which was tested as a substitution for the gatherer ImageNoteEnd 16 ImageNote 1 520 269 226 164 870 1764 2 Detached figure one of the irons which are secured by means of screws to the back of the scythe ImageNoteEnd 1 | ||||
